How to Enabling RDP on Windows. This blog’s step-by-step process on how to enabling remote desktop protocol is very easy to understand.
Notes: You will first need to access VNC from the control panel to proceed with this guides
Enter the Server Manager from the taskbar
then click on Local Server
Next click on Remote Desktop,
You’ll encounter a sub-menu, enable RDP.
Your RDP credentials would be,
- Username: Administrator
- Key: would be the Password you set when logging into Windows the first time.
Enable RDP in Windows Firewall
First, Click on Start button
Then, Click on the search icon beside the Administrator
Now, Enter “Firewall with advanced security” inside the search box
Click on Inbound rules
Enable RDP
Done!
Debugging with known issues,
If you encounter the following error while connecting via RDP.
Solution: Just an option was needed to be un-checked in the Remote Desktop Protocol settings and this can be done by following the below instructions.
- Open the Server Dashboard in Windows via the Virtual Network Computing.
- Click on the Local Server tabs from the left sidebar.
- Click on the RDP “Enabled”, a dialog box appears.
- You would need to uncheck the “Allow connections only from PC running Remote Desktop” and apply the changes.
